In case you didn’t know it, there will
be a bit of a bash going on in the U.K. on
Friday.
And at about 1 a.m. Pacific time, there
will likely to be quite a few TV sets and
PVRs clicking on in Steveston — regarded
as Richmond’s Little Britain — in time to
watch the Royal wedding between a prince
called William and a “commoner” called
Kate.
Indeed, one business that might not be
open too early Friday morning is, not sur$

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Carol Day, centre,
launches VAPOR
(Vancouver Airport
Pipeline Opposition
for Richmond) from
her backyard in
suburban Richmond,
flanked by her
fellow co-founders. The group is
unconcerned about
Tuesday’s deadline
for submissions
to the provincial
environment office
about the proposed
pipeline.

prisingly, Mary’s British Home Store on
Chatham Street. The store’s stock of Royal
wedding memorabilia — from plates to
cups and saucers and food to giant flags
— sold out days ago.
Mary herself is getting up/staying up to
watch the historic event live.
However, one of her staff, Anne
Graham, needs her sleep and has just
bought an HD PVR box to record the entire
six-hour show, which is being broadcast
live on TV from 1 a.m. “I bought the hi-def
box especially for this,” Graham said.
“Mary says she’s getting up to watch it.
But I just can’t get up at 3 a.m.”

Rule Britannia ... Camie
Walker stands guard over
the last piece of Royal wedding memorabilia left at
Mary’s British Home Store
in Steveston.

VAPOR — a newly formed residents protest group — doesn’t do deadlines.
The organization’s co-founders — huddled
together in a cozy suburban Richmond back
patio as the Easter Monday rain battered off
the roofs of two tents protecting the media
horde — care not a jot about the April 26
date for public submissions with regard to
the proposal to run a jet fuel pipeline through
their neighbourhood.
VAPOR (Vancouver Airport Pipeline
Opposition for Richmond) is more concerned
with making as much noise as possible in the
ears of Richmond’s MLAs and the province’s
environment minister, the latter of whom will
ultimately decide on the plan come the fall.
And this week, its first call to action was
to Richmondites, urging them to “join the
fight” against an airline consortium’s proposal to barge aviation fuel up the south arm of

the Fraser River to an off-loading facility and
then pump it up a 15-kilometre pipe through
the city to YVR.
“We’re asking you, the community, to
join the fight to stop this hazardous plan and
put pressure on the province,” said VAPOR’s
chair, Carol Day.
“We’re asking the EAO (B.C.’s
Environmental Assessment Office) to deny
the application. The actual route of the pipeline has yet to be decided. That’s not fair
to the residents or the EAO. We’re going to
make a request to our MLAs for a moratorium on this.”
The consortium — Vancouver Airport
Facilities Corporation (VAFFC) — originally
considered 15 options for a new fuel delivery
system, saying that the current supply via
tanker truck from Washington state and pipeline from a Burnaby refinery was unreliable
and inadequate to meet future demand.
Day said that VAPOR wants those previsee Langer page 4

the fine print
TO DO: Kingswood
elementary invites everyone
to their first annual Spring
Fling Sale on Saturday,
April 30 from 10 a.m.
to 2 p.m. in the school
gymnasium, 11511 King Rd.
There will be great bargains
on used toys, clothes,
books, kitchen items,
furniture and more. Have
your photo taken with your
local fire fighter, plus there
will be face painting/tattoos,
concession stand, raffle
prizes and much more.

He might not win the
most votes — but maybe a
popularity contest.
Green Party candidate
Michael Wolfe’s positive,
earnest style seemed to
appeal to folks on both ends
of the political spectrum at
an all-candidate’s meeting
held Thursday evening at
the Beth Tikvah synagogue
in west Richmond.
About 120 people
showed up, despite a
Canucks playoff game, to
hear candidates from two
ridings, Richmond and
Delta-Richmond East.
Those missing from the
table were NDP, Nic Slater;
Green Party, Duane Laird;
Independent, John Shavluk
and Libertarian, Jeff Monds
— all Delta-Richmond East
candidates.

Garden City
lands

As Wolfe articulated his
vision for the Garden City
lands, following a question
from community activist
Jim Wright, even fellow
candidates essentially said,
“I’m with Michael.”
The question of what
should happen to the 55hectre piece of land in the
centre of Richmond was
generally undisputed: all
candidates support keeping it green or as an “urban
park” — pending the outcome the Musqueam band’s
court challenge against the
city regarding the land.
There was a point of
contention, however, when
Richmond Liberal candidate
Joe Peschisolido remarked
that the federal government made a $26.9 million
profit off of the deal and
that the money should be
given back to the City of
Richmond.
Richmond Conservative
incumbent Alice Wong
responded by challenging
him on that kind of spending. Wong stressed the need
to keep taxes and government spending down.

Educations

Other issues discussed
throughout the meeting
ranged from health care and
education, to prison expansion and support for Israel.
One audience member

Green Party’s Wolfe gets applause from both ends of political spectrum

questioned why it was that
countries such as Australia
and France, which have
lower per capita incomes
than Canada, are able to
provide free tuition for post
secondary education, while
in Canada tuition fees are
prohibitively high for many.
Alan Beesley, Liberal
candidate for DeltaRichmond East, said
high education costs
reflect the priorities of the
Conservative government,
which would rather spend
money on fighter jets than
post secondary education.
NDP candidate
for Richmond, Dale
Jackaman, referred to
the Conservative’s plan
to expand prisons when
statistics show that crime
rates are decreasing. “But
Conservatives don’t like
statistics, because they don’t
want the facts to get in the
way of a good campaign,”
Jackaman added.
Delta-Richmond East
Conservative candidate
Kerry-Lynne Findlay, a
mother of four university-aged children, said she
knows well the cost of education and outlined some
programs implemented by
the Conservatives, such as a
tax break on textbooks.
Moreover, a government can best help young
people by creating a strong
economy, which, she said,
this government has done,
despite a global recession.
Wong referred to the
Conservative’s “Red Seal”
program to assist students
in trades programs.
At one point, Jackaman
was thrown what he called a
“land mine” question when
someone asked if the views
of NDP MP Libby Davies,
who has been critical of
Israel, reflect NDP policy.
Jackaman said no, but that
his party is one in which
MPs were free to speak to
contentious issues and were
not muzzled.

Health care

On the note of health
care, one audience member
brought up the issue of
accessibility and private
health services.
“B.C. has more private
services than any other
province in Canada,” the

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Green Party candidate Michael Wolfe takes the podium at an all-candidates meeting
Thursday evening while, from left, Conservatives Alice Wong and Kerry-Lynne Findlay,
Liberals Joe Peshcisolido and Alan Beesley and NDP Dale Jackaman listen on.
woman stated.
Wolfe argued for
improving health care delivery by decentralizing services; instead of expanding
the hospital, establish more,
smaller clinics throughout
the city, for example.
Jackaman argued that the
Conservatives have let private health services flourish
and have undermined patent
reform, which would give
people access to cheaper,
generic drugs, particularly
for HIV/AIDS.
The Liberals and
Conservatives both committed to maintaining the
six per cent annual increase
to provinces for health care
until 2014 when the health
accord with the provinces
comes up for renegotiation.
On the issue of the
environment, Wong said
she opposed the carbon
tax. “We’ve been taxed to
death.”
Both the Conservative
and Liberal candidates
stated that minority governments are unstable and
dismissed the notion of a
coalition. Jackaman, on the
other hand, said some of
Canada’s most progressive
programs, such as health
care, were NDP initiatives
implemented in minority
governments.
Peschisolido said he will
be pushing for a full federal
environmental review of the
jet fuel pipeline proposal.
Howard Jampolsky, who
moderated the meeting and
just last month ran against
Findlay for the Conservative
nomination, concluded the
meeting saying regardless
who you vote for, exercise
your right to do so May 2.

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About 120 people came out to Beth Tikvah synagogue
Thursday to hear federal candidates voice their platform
on various issues, from health care to the environment.

Continued from page 1
previously dismissed options
back on the table and examined “more closely.”
That view is backed by
fellow VAPOR team member
Otto Langer, a former senior
biologist with Fisheries and
Oceans Canada, who is adamant the current plan should
be getting wrung through
a federal environmental
review, rather than a provincial one.
“Twenty five years ago,
there was a two-day public
hearing and a high-level
federal panel which rejected
a plan that would have
allowed fuel barges to go up
the north arm of the Fraser
River,” said Langer.
“It was rejected because
of public pressure. We now
have a proposal that’s even
more ridiculous, and it’s
being subjected to a lower
level review.”
The real concern is with
a “catastrophic spill,” added
Langer.
“We’re talking about jet
fuel that will spill, not if it
occurs.
“The food chain for the
birds on the estuary is at risk
here. It’s almost like a reckless experiment.”
Calling again for the project to go under the federal
microscope, Langer referred
to the current provincial

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Former
Fisheries
and
Oceans
Canada
biologist
Otto Langer
points to
where the
pipeline
will go.
that the date for public submissions passed on Tuesday,
Day said VAPOR intends to
disrupt the process as much
as possible.
“We don’t accept it’s a
fait accompli,” she said.
“There is a sense of
helplessness out there and
a sense that it’s a done deal.
We want to tell people that
it’s not.”
Day said she’s hoping the local MLAs can
broker a meeting with the
Environment Minister Terry
Lake, long before he makes
his decision, expected in
October.
“We very much want
to interfere with the process, because the process is
flawed,” she said.
“In the meantime, the
VAPOR team is very accessible at www.vaporbc.com
to anyone with questions or
who wants to support us.”

governing body as “more of
a facilitator or expeditor of
this process.”
Another VAPOR founder,
Scott Carswell, lives in a
complex near Riverport,
about 400 metres from where
VAFFC plans to construct its
fuel off-loading facility.
“I called Richmond’s fire
department and they told
me it would be around nine
minutes before they could
respond to an emergency
down here,” he said.
“We seen what happened
at Miami airport recently
when their fuel storage facility caught on fire. The firefighting equipment melted,
and it took them hours to get
it under control.”
Despite suggestions from
certain circles — including some City of Richmond
councillors — that the provincial environmental review
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The trial of Jamie Cliff for the alleged
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rented Richmond property with a frightened Christophersen, just hours before
Christophersen was stabbed to death and her
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The RCMP found the pair street racing in Richmond
in the Bridgeport area of No. 3 Road while conducting
regular patrols.
One officer witnessed the white Mercedes passing him
from behind at an “incredibly high rate of speed,” estimated well in excess of 100 kilometres an hour.
The Mercedes made no attempt to stop or even slow
down after passing the fully marked police vehicle.
Moments later, the officer was also passed by a Ferrari
being driven just as fast.
The dangerous driving continued as both vehicles performed lane changes without slowing down or signaling,
cutting off all other traffic on the road.
“It is absolutely unbelievable that people choose to
behave so recklessly. We’re very fortunate that these
vehicles were located before someone was killed,” said
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Whatever is responsible for the low voter turnout expected
in the May 2 federal election, it can’t be a shortage of information about the politicians and their politics.
Political parties, individual candidates, their supporters and
detractors, and pundits and commentators with varying levels
of expertise and credibility are everywhere.
They have Facebook pages and Twitter accounts. They
populate the blogosphere and every corner of the Internet.
Some have developed their own mobile phone apps to keep in
touch with fans.
There are still the old-fashioned means of contacting prospective voters, like email (who would have thought only a
decade ago that email could ever be old-fashioned?) and television (from the attack ads that assaulted us months before
the election call to the nationally broadcast debates). And
there’s radio and newspapers — not to mention that really
old-fashioned communication: talking to people, face to face.
That an immense quantity of information is available
is without question. But the quality is often anything but
unquestionable. In an age in which anyone can offer opinions
for national perusal, how can the average voter sift through it
all, with expectations of reaching an informed decision?
For our part, we promise to do our best to provide
the information you need to make the best decision for
Richmond. On Page 3, we have coverage of the recent allcandidates meeting. At www.richmond-news.com, click on
our Decision 2011 link and you’ll find up-to-the-minute
national coverage from our associated regional newspapers as
well as all our local stories pertaining to this election.
There is a lot of coverage out there. We aim to provide the
information that deals with and matters to our community.

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Discriminatory ad breaks law
The Editor,
Re: “Only Chinese need apply rental advert sparks outcry,”
News, April 22.
Read with interest about the rental restriction, based on
language/ethnicity, on a unit at the Mandalay. While it might
have provoked moral indignation from those commenting, in
plain English, the ad was illegal. An owner cannot discriminate, legally, on a rental property to satisfy their whims.
Our past is littered with various discriminations which
have been legislated away and foreign purchasers must not
drag us back into that mess. If a purchaser cannot speak the
local tongue, he/she must use an interpreter, at their own
expense, in dealing with their tenants.
Of more import is the statement by Lisa Yeh, the tenant,
that she had taken the offending ad off Craigslist and put it
into a Chinese newspaper. This tells me that it is probable
that the foreign language media may be accepting ads which
clearly break Canadian laws.
If so, they should be held responsible and fined if necessary. Is the product of this media market segment monitored?
I would not be surprised if the answer is “No.” With the growing flow of foreign investors into our housing market this will
grow into a major problem if not corrected now.
Murray W. Lovelace
Richmond

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Why I stay a monarchist at heart
My mom would tell you
that I have wanted to be a
princess my whole life.
My husband and kids
would tell you that I certainly act like one.
And for a brief moment
in time, I was even crowned
a queen, as Miss Richmond
1977! But now I am just
bragging. Which of course,
is unbecoming of royalty.
I have always been fascinated with the British Royal
family. I don’t know if it
was because my English
grandmother looked exactly
like the Queen Mum, or
that I was a tea drinker
practically from the time I
was weaned, or that I just
loved to belt out God Save
the Queen during school
assemblies. Or perhaps it
was because Prince Charles
and I share the same birthday (and…I’d deny it if you
asked me, but I was positive
that the date of Princess
Anne’s first wedding was
chosen precisely because it
was the same day).
Whatever the reason, I
have always felt an affinity
for the U.K., and most especially, it’s (in my mind) reallife fairy-tale monarchy.
When Charles married
Diana, I was certainly in
seventh heaven. Here was
a girl I could relate to. We
were just about the same
age, and I too was a young
bride, having been married
myself, the summer before.
We were pregnant with our
first children at the same
time, and William was born
just a few weeks before my
son, Kyle.
Diana loved people, particularly children, and had
worked as a kindergarten

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assistant. I’d worked as a
playschool assistant, myself.
She described herself
as “thick as a plank” and
was remembered as a so-so
student, during her school
days. Hey, me too!
Diana was “The People’s
Princess.” I am, well, one of
the people.
She was blonde. I am
blonde. Her middle name
was Frances. My mom’s
middle name is Frances!
Now this is just getting
spooky! (But, kidding aside,
actual spookiness: Diana
died on my wedding anniversary.)
Diana was famous
for championing the ill
and downtrodden, when I
myself, had a sick child.
During Diana and Charles’
visit to Vancouver in 1986,
I lined up at 6 a.m. outside
Children’s Hospital where
my daughter was a renal
patient, in order to catch
a glimpse of Diana. I was
fortunate enough to be able
to hand her some flowers.
With her famously gorgeous
velvet-like complexion
and soulful blue eyes, she
remains to this day, the most
beautiful woman I have ever
seen. A true English Rose.
But I digress.
On July 29 1981, I very
happily arose at 3 a.m. to
watch live, what was surely
to be the wedding to end
all weddings. Even though

I had to leave the house for
work at 6 a.m., this was a
royal wedding! And it didn’t
disappoint.
Diana was a stunning
fairy tale bride. Visions of
her riding in the Cinderella
carriage, in her Elizabeth
Emanuel dress with the mile
long train and her glittering
tiara, are firmly burnished
into my memory.
And I wasn’t alone. I
think women the world over
collectively swooned as the
Royal couple kissed on the
balcony of Buckingham
Palace. We could talk of
nothing else, at work that
day. In fact, I’m certain no
actual “work” was done.
We now know how that
fairy tale ended, yet no matter how ridiculous the Royal
family has seemed over the
ensuing years, I still remain
a monarchist at heart.
I have continued to enjoy
many of the antics of the
younger royals, as they
strive to remain “real” and
relevant while they live their
not-so-ordinary lives, in the
very public eye. As a parent with children the same
ages as William and Harry,
I have often knowingly
chuckled at their foibles.
And so, I find myself
again eagerly anticipating
another Royal wedding,
as I eagerly anticipate my
son’s. I will quite happily arise once again at 3
a.m. to watch William and
Kate’s nuptials, and this
time I choose to continue
to believe in true love, and
as with my own kids, I
wish them the best, and
hope with all my heart that
their marriage is a long and
happy one.

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Letters
Debate sheds light on priorities
The Editor,
I wanted to give an update on positions
taken and outcomes arising from the April
19 Delta-Richmond East all-candidates
meeting.
On the subject of closed containment
(land-based) fish farms, internationally
noted salmon expert Alexandra Morton has
“unfriended” both Liberal Alan Beesley
and Conservative Kerry-Lynne Findlay for
their comments.
However, NDP candidate Nic Slater
remains on her good list. Both Beesley and
Findlay said open net fish farms were fine
and there was no “solid science” to prove
that sea lice from fish farms affect the wild
salmon stocks. They also said we need to
look to other countries for their experiences.
They need to do their homework. In
fact, other countries have had similar experiences. In 2003, Norway responded to the
sea lice problem by establishing National
Salmon Fjords to protect wild salmon from
salmon farms.
In 2007, Marine Harvest, one of the
biggest salmon farming companies globally and in B.C., stated the company was
concerned about the future for wild salmon
and that fish farming should not be allowed
in fjords with salmon rivers. And in 2008,
the B.C. government prohibited expansion
of the industry onto the central coast.
It is understandable that both the Liberal

and the Conservative candidate are not
up to speed on fish because they don’t
even live here. Unlike the population of
Richmond East, Steveston and Delta who
live right beside the Fraser River, they do
not see salmon as part of the collective
identity if not life blood.
From fishing families in Steveston to
sport fishers in Delta, we know the preservation of wild salmon stocks should be an
important federal issue.
Nic Slater, who by the way lives in
Delta, is in favour of closed containment
fish farms that keep farmed fish away from
B.C.’s natural stocks.
As a biologist, this makes sense to me
as well. I found out that one of my old biology professors at SFU has been researching
closed containment fish farming for years.
He even uses fresh (not salt) water. And
he is producing bigger, healthier fish in a
shorter time frame than fish farms.
So it appears there is solid science to
show open net fish farming is not the best
solution and that in fact, the method is
harmful to salmon. And it appears the NDP
candidate Nic Slater is more in tune with
retired MP John Cummins about fish than
Mr. Cummin’s replacement candidate.
On May 2, think about fish before you
vote.
Deirdre Whalen
Richmond

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“For the first time in a federal election, food security
has become an issue. And it
has to be an issue.”
Joe Peschisolido linked it
to quality of life.
“It’s a wonderful piece of
land,” said MP Alice Wong.
Later, someone suggested
a hospital site on the lands.
Peschisolido was clear:
“No, we ought not to build
a hospital on the Garden
City lands.” Likewise, Dale
Jackaman said, “Personally,
no.”
Wolfe said, “Hospital on
the Garden City lands? No.”
He had earlier reminded
everyone the lands are in
the ALR, and he added
why all levels of governments should stand up for

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Wong thanked Michael
Wolfe for taking her on
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At the Beth Tikvah forum
last Thursday, the four
Richmond candidates in the
federal election were asked
a couple of Garden City
lands questions. I found the
answers informed and committed.
Early on, all four candidates showed how they’d
win a federal minister’s support for funding to bring out
the lands’ natural potential.
Michael Wolfe enthused
about the species there,
including endangered ones,
and about ways “we can do
an amazing job of producing
food for the community on
parts of the lands.”
Dale Jackaman passionately took up the theme:

A10 April 27, 2011 The Richmond News

Letters
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Project benefits businesses but not residents
The Editor,
An open letter to
Adrian Pollard, spokesman
for the VAFFC consortium:
I recently read that Mr.
Pollard said that other
options were considered.
Really?
What were they?
And why were they

rejected?
The only “option”
being presented for environmental assessment is
the current one, and that
has everyone pissed off
because if it gets a pass,
it’s a done deal!
As Pollard was quoted:
“The (environmental
assessment) process is

not designed to evaluate
options, it’s designed to
evaluate the merits and
effects of a proposed project.”
So, this is the plan
they’re going with.
Considerable expense
has already been invested
by the VAFFC consortium
so far, I’m guessing, in

their proposal.
This is the best
“option” is it?
For whom?
On upgrading the existing pipeline (an obvious
first choice for many),
Pollard says: “We don’t
have access or control of
facilities up there... and
we’re looking at three to

FREE Mental Health Public Film Screening during the 60th
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Wednesday, May 4, 2011

This compassionate and timely
documentary on the impact of
mental illness within the family unit
follows four Lower Mainland families
as they struggle to support a loved
one with bipolar disorder, one of the
most commonly diagnosed mental
illnesses.
Each family in the film represents a
stop on the life-long journey of living
in and managing a family with the
illness.
Ultimately, they are inspiring
portraits of hope and survival —
showing us the true meaning of love
and family.

Hosted by Dr. Harry Karlinsky, Coordinator of
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four times the complexities... .”
I should like to place
emphasis on the “we don’t
have control’’ part of that
quote, and I’m assuming
“three to four times the
complexities” is a euphemism for three to four
times the cost.
This is a for profit consortium, that tells us that
the best option is to put
an undeniable risk upon
our estuary, salmon stock,
wildlife, beauty of the
lower Fraser River, rapidly
diminishing prime farmland and rapidly expanding residential areas ... that
had a zero/nada/zilch risk
of a catastrophic fuel spill,
before this crazy proposal

was presented!
And they say it was the
best option.
I’ll ask it again, for
whom?
I think a lot of us residents and taxpayers would
like to be the judge of
what the best option is for
our neighbourhoods.
It’s clearly not this one!
How about a referendum on all the “other”
options that were considered but discounted?
(I’d sure like to read
some of those documents,
I’ll tell ya... but I doubt
that they exist.)
You listening yet,
Adrian?
Geoffrey Filtness
Richmond

DISCRIMINATION

Sad to see such ad
The Editor,
Re: “‘Only Chinese’ need apply rental advert sparks
outcry,” News, April 22.
I am Caucasian, and have lived in Richmond for more
than 25 years. I grew up in India, Hindi was my first
language as a child. My family and I value Asian and
Chinese people both as friends and employees. In other
words, in no way do I consider myself racist.
I cannot speak from experience regarding other areas of
the Lower Mainland, however I do believe that there is kind
of covert racism against Caucasian people from many in
the Chinese Richmond community.
While it is usually not nearly as blatant as the recent
ad on Craigslist, the property rental market is a very good
example of where a process of “exclusion” occurs. If a
Caucasian calls about a property for rent — “Sorry, rented” and a quick hangup is the response.
If a Mandarin or Cantonese speaker calls the same number five minutes later the property is magically available!
The job market is much the same — particularly professional offices and stores.
It is always denied or explained away on the basis of
language when challenged, but it does exist in our community. Hopefully this type of behaviour will improve with
time, but it is a shame that so many people feel the need to
indulge in it today.
H. Wynne
Richmond

Where does it end?
The Editor,
Re: “‘Only Chinese’ need
apply rental advert sparks
outcry,” News, April 22.
Am I surprised by the
ad in Craigslist? Certainly
not. It was bound to happen
sooner or later, especially
with the change of demographics in Richmond. This
is discrimination based on
ethnicity. Is this the start of
a new trend in Richmond? Is
this Canada?
Imagine what can happen

when the Mandarin School
Immersion gets the green
light. Soon thereafter, there
will be discrimination based
on language. “Only persons
speaking Mandarin need
apply.” The same implication using different words.
But this time, a requirement
when applying for a job in
Richmond.
Am I being paranoid?
You decide.
Glen Heredia
Richmond

others stop!
That’s when I lay on the
horn to warn the pedestrian
there is an idiot approaching!
There should be strict
rules which should be
enforced, similar to a red
light, with high traffic fines.
For one rule, vehicles
need to stay stationary until
the pedestrians are completely on the other side.
If we don’t obey, red
lights may become a part of
the future with longer delays
for these impatient drivers.
Imagine the income generated by setting up a trap at
a busy pedestrian walkway
to catch these dangerous
drivers.
Andrew Caras
Richmond

The editor reserves the right to edit
letters for brevity, clarity, legality
and good taste. Letters must
include the author’s telephone
number for veriﬁcation. We do not
publish anonymous letters.

crosswalk because she was walking “too
slow,” and because she gave him a dirty
look when he honked at her telling her
to walk faster. After she crossed, this
man and his wife followed her slowly
down the street in their van to scare her.
What will it take to make everyone
realize how inhuman so many of us have
become? Learn some patience and learn
some respect for others or get off the
roads!
Peter Sammarco
Richmond

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good idea. In this case though, I believe
it’s the poor driving habits of the people
of Richmond that are to blame.
People, do you need to be reminded
to stop day-dreaming when you are
driving a motorized vehicle at 70 km/h
on a max 50 km/h road? Need you be
reminded that pedestrians have the right
of way? No matter how old they are,
or “slow” they are, it’s the law, and it’s
there for a reason. A month ago my
older sister was threatened by a man
and his wife in a blue van at this same

The Editor,
Re: “Drivers, stop means
stop,” Letters, April 22.
From when the first lit up
crosswalks began popping
up, I knew many drivers
would not take an amber
flashing seriously.
I wrote a letter to the
ministry with a suggestion
to having them flash red, as
a pedestrian would require
a vehicle to stop, and NOT
only slow down or proceed
with caution.
The response was sent
back saying it can’t be done.
When crosswalks are
activated, usually it means
someone is wanting to cross,
therefore there should be a
colour to indicate... STOP.
There are still some
flashing greens out there.
When activated, they turn
solid green, then yellow,
then red.
Nothing wrong with this
type except they require
more bulbs. I have never
complained about it. I have
seen many drivers who
accelerate at the heels of a
pedestrian as soon as they
pass the vehicle.
This angers me and I
have a few things to say
once I catch up to them.
Or worse, a driver who
speeds up through it while

The Editor,
Re: “Drivers, stop means stop,”
Letters, April 22.
I live near the crosswalk I believe the
person who wrote the letter is talking
about.
Less than a year ago, the city put
up crosswalk lights at this crosswalk
because too many students and residents
of the area were having close calls with
near misses from cars. One student actually got hit once, long before the city
realized a lighted crosswalk might be a

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From an ESG standpoint, Suncor fills
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Those seeking something other
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Trees are a signiﬁcant cause of power interruptions. Contact between trees and power
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Over the next few months, we will be pruning and removing trees in the South Central
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employed by BC Hydro are trained in both electrical safety and tree care. Only correct
and proper techniques are used to eliminate any safety hazards.
For more information about our current work or other vegetation management
practices, please call John Monk, your area coordinator of Vegetation Maintenance,
at 604 543 1506.

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The Unchanging Gospel Story is presented each
Wednesday, 7-8 p.m. in the James Whiteside elementary, 9282 Williams Rd. Joshua Tschetter and Harvey
Purves welcome everyone.

Thursday

The Richmond BC Liberal Fundraising Dinner happens on Thursday, April 28 at 5:30 p.m. at the River
Rock Show Theatre, 8811 River Rd. MLAs RichmondSteveston John Yap, Richmond East Linda Reid and
Richmond Centre Rob Howard invite you to support
their re-election. Tickets are $185. For more information, call Thomas Curley at 604-763-1245 or email
tcurley08@gmail.com.
Every Thursday night is Bingo at St. Paul Parish,
8251 St. Alban’s Rd. Come and join an evening of fun
and lots of exciting prizes, while supporting programs
such as community outreach, youth program, hospital
visitations and seniors outreach. Make it a date every
Thursday. For more information, call 604-277-3213.
Must be 19 years or older to play.

Saturday

Kingswood elementary invites everyone to their first
annual Spring Fling Sale on Saturday, April 30 from
10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the school gymnasium, 11511
King Rd. There will be great bargains on used toys,
clothes, books, kitchen items, furniture and more.
Have your photo taken with your local fire fighter, plus
there will be face painting/tattoos, concession stand,
raffle prizes and much more.

call 604-278-1013 or visit www.richmondyachtclub.
ca.

and Sunday, May 8, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Residents
and visitors will have the opportunity to explore unique
arts, culture and heritage for free with new destinations this year, including the state-of-the-art aerospace
technology campus at the British Columbia Institute of
Technology and a lovingly restored century-old heritage home. More than 40 venues are featured this year,
including places of worship, green spaces, art galleries, artist studios, heritage sites and museums. With
venues located throughout Richmond, visitors can plan
their route based on geography, special interest or just
curiosity. While the majority of the sites will be open
from all day, both days, visitors are encouraged to
check the site map for times of operation. Doors Open
site maps are available at City facilities, including pools,
rinks, community centres, heritage sites, Richmond
Nature Park, Richmond Cultural Centre and Richmond
see AroundTown page 14

Reel 2 Real expands to Richmond with a free
screening of One Big Hapa Family — For Film
Buffs of All Ages — on Saturday, May 7 at 3 pm, at
the Richmond City Hall, 6911 No. 3 Rd. Reel 2 Real
International Film Festival for Youth is a free event,
however, there will be a donation box available for
Japan Earthquake Relief. Eight short films will also
be shown, including local productions Cry Rock,
Tempo, and Anne Marie Flemmings’ I Was a Child of
Holocaust Survivors. A Free Animation Workshop will
also be offered from noon to 3 p.m. For more information, call 604-224-6162 or visit www.r2festival.org.
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Comic Vision, a comedy fundraiser to combat blindness, takes place on Wednesday, May 4 at 6:30 p.m.
at the River Rock Casino Resort Theatre. All money
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charity funding research at hospitals and universities
across Canada. There is a great line up of professional comedians. For more information or to purchase
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Continued from page 13
City Hall. A complete listing of participating sites
can also be found at
www.richmond.ca/doorsopen.

The Richmond Food
Bank Society needs
local residents to pitch
in and help by donating food and funds this
spring. As the number
of individuals in need
continues to grow,
community support is
increasingly important.
To restock their shelves
with nutritious and staple
foods such as beans,
canned meats, rice
and cereal, residents in
Richmond are encouraged to donate to the
Extra Helping Spring
National Food Drive.
Between now and April
28, residents can purchase or bring nutritious,
non-perishable food
items and drop them into
the Extra Helping food
donation bins in the Real
Canadian Superstore
on No. 3 Road. People
can also make a cash
donation at the checkout counter. This year,
the goal is to raise $1.2
million and 1.2 mil-

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The Parkinson’s
Support Group meets
at 1:30 p.m. on the second Monday of each
month at the Minoru
Seniors’ Centre. This is
a group for people with
Parkinson’s disease
and their care partners.
They meet to discuss
issues arising from living
with Parkinson’s and to
share ideas. For more
information, call Nicky
Phillips 604-274-9630.
Single Mother’s
Support Group meets
every Thursday evening
from 6-8 p.m. at the
Richmond Women’s
Resource Centre. Come
and join us to discuss
single moms’ needs
and concerns, meet
new friends, provide
moral support and find
out about available
community services.
Children welcome as
child minding is provided. Call to register
at 604-279-7060, or
visit #110-7000 Minoru
Blvd (Richmond Caring
Place) or online at www.
richmondwomenscentre.bc.ca.

Got stuff you don’t
want? Recycle it with
the Development Disabilities Association.
There are three ways
to help: bins for cloth
items, pick up for dishes,
toys and books, or drop
off donation station for
dishes and clothes. For
more information or drop
site address, call 604273-4DDA or visit www.
develop.bc.ca.

TOPS (Take Pounds Off
Sensibly) is a nonprofit
weight loss support
group. For information or
to join, call Lynda at 604856-8014.
Join us for a fun night
out. We need men and
women (ages 18 and up)
for our marching band.
Uniform provided. Call
Don at 604-946-8130.
Steveston’s Fifty & Up
8-Ball Social Club is
looking for new members
for non-competitive pool
games at the Steveston
community centre. Days
and evening games. To
join or for more information, call Bobby at 604448-0026.
The Catcare Veterinary

Clinic offers a nonprofit
adoption program for
cats and kittens. If you
are interested in adopting a cat or kitten, call
604-277-8511.
Richmond Eating
Disorder Program, a
family and friends support group, meets the
last Wednesday of the
month from 7 to 8:30
p.m. at 8100 Granville
St., room 115. For more
information, call Liz
McKenna at 604-2797077.
Richmond Artists’
Guild meets at 6:30
p.m. every second
Wednesday of month
at the Richmond
Cultural Arts Centre,
7700 Minoru Gate.
Professional demos
every month and we
welcome new members.
For more information,
visit www.richmondartistsguild.com or call
Jenni at 604-241-1120.
Richmond’s Overeaters
Anonymous, a weightloss program based
on the 12 steps of
Alcoholics Anonymous
is looking for new members. For more information, visit www.oa.org.

Lunapads founder Madeleine Shaw, centre, and her business partner Suzanne Siemens, left, are honoured by BC Business as
running one of the province’s 20 most ground-breaking companies.
Lunapads has partnered with Mariposa DR Foundation, an organization dedicated to empowering girls in the Dominican Republic, donating 200 specially made daily hygiene kits, above, to girls and women.
women all over the world via
Facebook, Twitter and its blogs.
“We sell more products in New
York state than here in our own
province.”
That might be, but Lunapads has
caught the attention of Dr. Jerilynn
Prior, a professor of Endocrinology
at the University of B.C., an internationally renowned expert on
women’s health and an author.
Prior is a proponent of Lunapads,
because they offer a safe alternative
to disposable tampons and pads.
Hollywood actress Alicia
Silverstone gushed on Lunapads’
blog about how much she likes
using their eco-friendly products.
More recently, the company received accolades from
BC Business magazine, naming
Lunapads as one of the province’s
top 20 most groundbreaking companies during an awards reception.
“It came out of left field …
we didn’t know anything until our
invite came in the mail,” said Shaw.
“Once we found out we were finalists, it was a huge honour.”
Besides being impressed with
Lunapads line of sustainable,
eco-friendly pads and tampons,

the judges were won over by
Pads4Girls, Lunapads’ philanthropic project.
On its website, www.bcbusinessonline.ca, it lists one of its reasons
for selecting Lunapads as: “It’s
tempting to imagine what the world
would be like if every company
operated under the same principles
as Lunapads, a triple-bottom-line
innovator that is changing the lives
of women around the world.”
Shaw said “it started in 2000
when we received an email
request from Zimbawai requesting
Lunapads for young women.”
“We were thrilled to be involved
and since then our involvement
in other developing countries has
grown.”
Lunapads recently partnered
with Mariposa DR Foundation, a
not-for-profit organization dedicated to empowering girls in the
Dominican Republic, to donate 200
specially made daily hygiene kits
of underwear and cloth liners to
women and girls.
Through its initiative dubbed
Pads4Girls, Shaw said, they partner
its customers with nonprofit organizations to provide special kits to

girls in developing nations so they
can stay in school every day of the
month. Since 2000, Shaw is thrilled
to report they have helped more
than 1,200 girls across Africa and
Central America.
“As soon as we found out about
this issue, we felt compelled to help
in any way we could,” added Shaw.
Lunapads makes perhaps an
even bigger impact by mentoring
and sharing its proprietary trade
practices with menstrual pad makers in developing countries, such as
AfriPads in Kenya, that makes and
distributes pads.
According to statistics from
Mariposa DR Foundation, across
the developing world, millions of
girls miss up to 20 per cent of their
education simply because they lack
monthly feminine hygiene supplies.
“This is why I started Lunapads:
to help women have healthier and
more positive experiences of their
menstrual cycles, and by extension, their bodies overall,” Shaw
said. “By providing women with
a healthier, more eco-friendly
alternative to disposable pads and
tampons, we’re inviting women to
create more positive and informed

relationship with themselves as well
as the planet.”
Today, Lunapads employs eight
and has approximately 100,000 customers around the world.
“As a result, we’ve calculated
that over one million disposable
pads and tampons are now being
diverted from landfills across the
world every month,” said Shaw.
“Each one of our products, which
last upwards of five years, replaces
140 disposable products a year.”
As far as the future, Shaw said
Lunapads is constantly looking at
ways to diversify its product line,
which includes 16 different washable pads in organic and non-organic fabrics, three styles of underwear,
and many accessories and pantyliners. Its DivaCup is Lunapads
washable answer to tampons.
Like a tampon it’s worn internally,
needs only to be changed two or
three times a day and lasts forever.
Lunapads keeps working on new
eco-friendly products, including
ones for bladder control.
To find out how you can help
young women access Lunapads, call
604-681-9953 or visit www.lunapads.com.

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MAY 11/2011

In 1993, Madeleine Shaw was a
25-year-old aspiring fashion designer. The Richmond resident certainly
hadn’t envisioned herself designing feminine hygiene products for
a living. However, that’s what the
dynamic visionary ended up doing.
“I was frustrated by tampons
because they were causing me to
have bladder infections,” said Shaw.
While still attending Queens
University, Shaw began experimenting with her makeshift reusable cotton feminine hygiene products.
“Although I considered myself
to be a feminist, I had not yet
considered the feminine hygiene
products industry from a politicized
perspective and had yet to really
start to get it about environmental
issues,” Shaw said. “However, I
soon became an environmentalist
who questioned all the used tampons, pads and applicators, which
were ending up in the landfills.”
Believing she was onto something that was good for the planet
and for women, the entrepreneur
wrote her first business plan for
Lunapads in 1994. That same year,
Lunapads International was born.
By 1998, Lunapads were being
sold in health food stores across
Canada.
Shaw was also busy marketing
her eco-friendly products internationally and through E-Commerce.
In 1999, Shaw met her future
business partner, chartered accountant Suzanne Siemens. “We both
shared the same vision for better
health, not only for women, but
for the planet,” said Shaw. “She
became my partner in 2000.”
Lunapads are now used by thousands of women in 40 countries.
However, Shaw added, Lunapads
has been a hard sell in North
America; especially right here in
B.C.“Lunapads are incredibly educationally intensive,” said Shaw.
“There is still a lingering perception that a woman’s menstrual cycle
is somehow unclean.”
In an effort to dispel the myth,
Lunapads answers questions from

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Be patient when planting
cut worm damage. These
On the weekend my
worm-like creatures can do
husband and I were at one
tremendous damage — and
of our favourite nurseries
as their name suggests they
in Vancouver, The Natural
“cut.” Often you will find, for
Gardener on West 10th
example, a tulip in its prime cut
Avenue. A young couple were
as though someone has come
there buying seeds, and they
eagerly asked what they could GARDEN RAMBLINGS by with scissors. Look for them
at night when it’s dark. Armed
plant now and were the tomawith a flashlight you will often find them
to plants in yet? Their impatience is reflected
in all of us gardeners, who after a long winter, along the edges of leaves as well. They are a
mottled brown colour and bright green insides
are anxious to get out and play in the dirt.
when you squish them!
But, Bob’s reply was one of caution and
Every year the Richmond Garden Club has
I urge you to follow it. Although our greenhouse is full of young tomato plants and other its annual plant sale and it is a two-day event
that has been well attended by the Richmond
seedlings, it is far too cold to plant them outpublic for years. But, it seems we must be a
side just yet.
You can sow your onions, potatoes, lettuce, raucous crowd, as we used to hold it in the
“old” Broadmoor mall, but they tore it down.
swiss chard and peas now, but most of the
other seeds/plants are heat loving, and the soil We moved to the Scout Hall at No. 1 and
Francis road, but we were told this year they
is far too cold for them just yet. Our daytime
were going to tear it down. (Seems like a bit
temperatures are OK, but our night times dip
of a trend, doesn’t it?)
far too low for most tender plants. Of course,
So, our new location for this Friday, May 6
it is a good time to add perennials to your
garden, divide your own plants, sow grass and (9 a.m.-6 p.m.) and Saturday, May 7, (9 a.m.3 p.m.) is at the Richmond Nature Park, on
hunt for slugs and weeds.
Westminster Highway. There is always a great
I see all the major family owned plant
nurseries here in Richmond are open and well selection and one never knows the treasures
that you will discover at rock bottom prices.
stocked. While I feel the same urgency you
Last year we sold out the hanging baskets, so
do in wanting to plant, I do suggest you buy
come early both days for a good choice. There
now, and keep your plants on your window
will be a master gardener there to answer your
sills or bring them in under cover at night.
Many times the most popular varieties sell out questions. Looking forward to seeing you
early and you may wish to purchase them on
there!
your next outing. Go ahead, but bring them
Deb Brodie is a local gardener and a
inside at night for a while yet.
member of the Richmond Garden Club. You
Do check your garden regularly for
can reach her at debinthegarden@gmail.com.

What is the difference between Prime
rate and the Bank of Canada rate?

Prime rate was at one time referred to as
the rate that financial institutions lent to
their best or “prime” customers. Thus the term
“prime” rate. This is no longer necessarily the case
as lenders have become more competitive with
their suite of variable rate offerings. The Bank of
Canada's key or overnight rate is the interest rate
that the Bank of Canada uses when lending funds
to or between institutions. These funds are usually
lent for one day thus the term “overnight” rate.

At what point do I have to update my Will, or
what things will trigger me having to change
my Will?

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We recommend that you review your Will from time to
time, and at the very least not less than every two or three
years. Certain situations may arise that will require that you
change or update your Will, such as: if you get married after
the date of your Will, if you get divorced after the date of your
Will, if you dispose of personal property that you gifted in your
Will, if a beneficiary named in your Will predeceases you, if
there are changes in the laws which may affect the provisions
in your Will, if you transfer title of your real estate property, or
if you obtain any life insurance policies after the date of your
Will. If any of the above noted circumstances arise, we would
be happy to review your Will to ensure that it is current, and
update your Will, if necessary.

Q

I’m 17 years old and I play basketball and
soccer and I want to improve my speed.
I’ve been told that lifting weights will make
me slower, is this true?
One of the biggest misconceptions is that lifting
A
weights will make you slower when in reality it’s quite
the opposite. Studies have shown that speed is primarily a

product of force production that is best developed through
strength training. The key is to build strength without
adding too much unnecessary muscle mass. An effective
strength training program that includes squats, deadlifts,
lunges, and various plyometrics can help to dramatically
improve speed, power, and explosiveness. Remember, in
order to get faster, you have to get stronger.

ALEX HUPKA
DENTURIST

Reg’d Denturist,
Reg’d Dental Technician

224-8055 Anderson Road,
Richmond
Tel: 604-279-9151

Yes, TCM is very effective with seasonal allergies.
The main symptoms involved are sneezing, a
stuffed and clear runny nose, watering of the eyes, and
maybe, a headache. Allergic rhinitis is due to an overactivity of the immune system to certain allergens. This
is due, from a TCM point of view, to a deﬁciency of
the Lung and Kidney's Defensive-Qi systems, combined
with retention of chronic Wind in the nose. Treatment
includes expelling the Wind-Cold or Wind-Heat during
the pollen season, then strengthening the Lung and
Kidney's Defensive Qi systems as well as the Governing
Vessel outside the pollen season. Both Acupuncture and
Chinese herbs would be used to accomplish this healing
process.

Q

My landlord has sent me a letter that states I must provide
liability insurance with his company added as an additional
insured to my business insurance policy. Why do I have to do this,
want does this mean and will my insurance costs go up ?

A

The landlord has asked for this change to your policy for 'good risk
management' reasons.
Meaning they want to make sure you have insurance so their legal interests are
protected in typical liability cases, such as where a client of yours is injured
because of your business or operations and a lawsuit is initiated. Having this
clause ensures the landlords insurance policy does not become the first to
respond in these instances. Also the landlord wants you to have insurance so
that if you cause damages to the building that there is insurance to fall back
on; i..e there is a source of funds to pay for damages you may create. The
landlords insurance costs can be lower, in some cases; if it assured that all
tenants have their own insurance. This additional insured clause is included
in almost any landlord / tenant agreement. Typically there is no extra cost for
a tenants policy unless the landlord requirements demand the present limits
on a tenants policy be increased to a higher liability limit. Please let us know
if there are any questions about this or any insurance matter, we are happy to
be of service.

Q

I went for a denture consultation, and I was told that I
required soft tissue management because of irritated and
damaged gum tissues. What is this?

A

Soft tissue management is a rehabilitation of damaged gum
tissues. Irritation and damage to your gum tissue may result
from micro organisms harbored in your dentures' old acrylic, or
ill ﬁtting dentures. First, your dentures require cleaning to remove
unhealthy organisms contributing to the inﬂammation and edema
(swelling). Tissue conditioners (temporary soft lining material) are
placed on the tissue ﬁtting surface of your dentures to provide a clean
positive adaptation to your gum tissues. Healing begins and your
tissues are reassessed in a week to conﬁrm the progress of healing.
Second and/or third tissue conditioner may need to be applied
before continuing the construction of new dentures. Healthy, pink,
hard tissues, provide the important base foundation required for a
successful denture. New dentures promote a healthy, clean, accurate
ﬁtting surface for many years. If you have any questions regarding this
procedure or any other denture related subject, please book your
free consultation with us.

Key members of B.C. champs will be playing throughout the province
BY MARK BOOTH

mbooth@richmond-news.com

CHUNG CHOW/RICHMOND NEWS

RC Palmer’s Aran Heran will be continuing his basketball career for the Langara Falcons next fall.

The B.C. senior boys ���AAA’ basketball champions are spreading their
talent across the province.
Just days after the RC Palmer
Griffins captured their first-ever provincial title, tournament MVP Vijay
Dhillon announced his commitment
to the University of Victoria next fall.
Now his teammates are following suit.
Versatile forward Mike Zayas will
be continuing his career in Kamloops
at Thompson Rivers University, while
post standout Ranjodh Heran has
signed with the Langara Falcons. The
remaining big prize is point guard
Billy Cheng who is leaning towards the
University of Northern B.C. in Prince
George
“I think Billy likes the idea of living
away from home and that’s why he is
interested in going to Prince George,”
said Palmer head coach Paul Eberhardt.
“They most likely will be moving up
to Canada West in a couple of years so
that would give him the option of staying there or leaving (for a university
team) after one season.”
At 5-foot-9, Cheng lacks the size
of a typical collegiate point guard but
offers far too much to be ignored.
Eberhardt compares him to former Richmond Colt standout Karlo

Villanueva who went on to enjoy a
solid career at UBC.
“I think Billy can be a very good
CIS point guard,” he said. “You just
look at his make-up and he does so
many other things well. He has played
at the highest levels and had nothing
but success his entire career.”

Billy Cheng

The Lanagra Falcons are also actively pursuing Cheng and hope the idea
of being reunited with one of his teammates will help their cause. Head coach
Jake McCallum is thrilled to have
Heran as part of his recruiting class.

The 6-foot-4 post was a beast in
the paint, during the Griffins’ title run,
leading the provincial tournament in
rebounding, including 17 boards in the
championship game.
“We’re really excited to have him,”
said McCallum. “He is one of those
all-round team guys whose motor never
stops running. I know what I am getting, especially at the defensive end of
the floor.
“He plays much bigger than his size
because of his work ethic and basketball IQ. He just brings so many intangibles to our program.”
McCallum is hoping Heran and, perhaps Cheng, will be playing alongside
another Richmond basketball standout
next fall. Former Burnett star Elliott
Mason had a terrific freshman season,
leading the team in scoring while earning second team all-star and all-rookie
team honours. The 6-foot-5 Mason is
exploring his university options but
figures to be a huge part of the Falcons’
success should he return.
At the buzzer...
•The Griffins’ championship run has
earned them Basketball B.C.’s Team of
the Year Award. They will be honoured
on Saturday night at the organization’s
hall of fame banquet in Langley. Vijay
Dhillon is also a finalist for High
School Player-of-the-Year. For details
see page 22.

Seafair will be well-represented at U16 B.C. Cup in Kamloops
The powerful Seafair Islanders Bantam
AAA hockey team will be well-represented
at this week’s U16 B.C. Cup tournament in
Kamloops.
Earlier this month, B.C. Hockey
hosted a U16 Zone Development Camp in
Langley. This was the first stage of B.C.
Hockey’s High Performance Program for
15-year-olds. The top 20 players are identified and move on to play in the B.C. Cup.

Besides being a “stepping stone” to the
provincial team tryout camp, the B.C. Cup
is also a popular event for Western Hockey
League scouts with the annual WHL
Bantam Draft on the horizon.
Seafair Bantam A1 players, made their
presence felt, earning nine of the 20 available spots. Goalie Adam Cronier; defencemen Shaun Dosanjh and Scott Munro;
and forwards Austin Adamson, Matthew

Boroditsky,Alec Dawydiak, Isaiah English,
Jake Wozney and Alex Whitwham, will all
be in Kamloops.
Organizers also commented that Seafair
probably would have had a 10th player
placed on the team, had it not been for
an injury to forward Tyler Sandhu. The
Islanders team captain, who hurt is knee
in the provincial playdowns, is regarded as
one of the top 15-year-olds in the province

and is a potential top end pick in the WHL
Bantam Draft.
Notable past B.C. U16 Cup participants include: Brent Seabrook (Chicago
Blackhawks) and Brandon McMillan
(Anaheim Ducks).
The top 68 players will advance from
the B.C. Cup to participate in the U16
Provincial Camp, slated for June 29 to July
4 in Penticton.

The Richmond News April 27, 2011 A21

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Sports

CHUNG CHOW/RICHMOND NEWS

Cambie Crusaders and McMath Wildcats did battle last week in Lower
Mainland tier two high school boys rugby action. Cambie won 12-0.

Hirayama leads UVic to semi-finals

Former McRoberts star Nathan Hirayama
scored 11 of his team’s points as the UVic
Vikes rolled to a 41-26 win over James Bay
in B.C. Rugby Union Premier League quarter-final action.
Hirayama, the Vikes starting fly half, had
a try and three conversions as fifth seeded
Victoria notched their first win of the season
over fourth seed James Bay in five meetings.
The Vikes will now meet the top seeded
Castaway Wanderers on Saturday.
Last month, Hirayama helped Canada
win the Bowl Championship at the
2011 Hong Kong Sevens — part of the

International Rugby Board Seven Series.
The Bowl final competition is for teams
that finished second in their round-robin
group. Canada produced a 2-1 record then
proceeded to win all three playoff games,
including a 33-12 triumph over Japan in the
final.
Hirayama had a conversion in a hardfought 12-10 quarter-final win over France,
then added a pair in a 24-17 victory over
Wales. He converted four attempts against
Japan.
Earlier, he had a try in a 24-10 triumph
over Zimbabwe.

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Roadrunners host Langley to open season
Roadrunners are looking to build on 2010
campaign that saw them finish with a 5-19
record.
Game time is 8 p.m. Richmond will also
visit Nanaimo on Sunday.

In 25 words or less, tell us the best advice your Mom
ever gave you. Send it and a photo of you and her to
us and you could win
Mother’s Day Brunch for 4 in the beautiful
Lakeside Grill at Mayfair Lakes Golf & Country Club
and a ﬂoral bouquet from Fresh Touch Flowers.
We’ll also be publishing some of the entries in our
Mother’s Day feature on May 4.
Entry deadline is Thursday, April 28.

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2011 B.C. Intermediate “A” Lacrosse
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